Editing Nino Rota (section)

==Orchestral, chamber and choral music==
Rota wrote numerous concerti and other orchestral works as well as piano, chamber and choral music, much of which has been recorded and released on CD. After his death from [[congestive heart failure|heart failure]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nndb.com/people/408/000093129/|title=Nino Rota|website=Nndb.com|access-date=8 October 2021}}</ref> in 1979, Rota's music was the subject of [[Hal Willner]]'s 1981 [[tribute album]] ''[[Amarcord Nino Rota]]'', which featured several jazz musicians who were relatively unknown at the time who went on to become famous. [[Gus Van Sant]] used some of Rota's music in his 2007 film ''[[Paranoid Park (film)|Paranoid Park]]'' and director [[Michael Winterbottom]] used several Rota selections in the 2005 film ''[[A Cock and Bull Story|Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story]]''. [[Danny Elfman]] frequently cites Nino Rota as a major influence (particularly on his scores for the Pee-Wee films). Director [[Mario Monicelli]] filmed a documentary ''Un amico magico: il maestro Nino Rota'' which featured interviews with [[Franco Zeffirelli]] and [[Riccardo Muti]] (a student under Rota at Bari Conservatory), and was followed by a German documentary ''Nino Rota - Un maestro della musica''. Both explored film and concert sides of the composer.